Tom Cruise

who doesn't know Tom Cruise now and 10 years ago or even 30 years ago. Perhaps most people of this earth somehow knows him and some idolize him.

i listened to this 'Kokomo' song by The Beach Boys in the radio while i drive back home from the office. It flashed me back to oooo maybe 20 to 25 years ago ?? ... listening to this song of course naturally it brings me to remember Tom Cruise.... how at that age, i think he was the MOST Handsome American Actor available, hehe,,, (agak lebay.com) .. but it's true,,,

Tom Cruise in Cocktail ... what i can remember before i googled this video is that:

Tom Cruise as a very stylish bartender, the way he juggled , the way he acts, him with the Hawaiian shirt ... so mesmerized ...

can't exactly remember what the movie Cocktail was all about.

the other early movie of Tom Cruise that more breathtaking is TOP GUN ..
with its soundtrack "Meet Me Halfway"

I love man in uniform ,,,, until now i still love man in uniform ... Man in Uniform have special charisma that they bring .. Kegagahan, Kemachoan, Wibawa, dan Sportivitas ... yeap, those 4 element about Man In Uniform that's always mesmerizing....

More specially Tom Cruise in Uniform... ho ho ho... very breathtaking ... actually i love almost all the actors in Top Gun, some even are taller and more macho than him ... but he had the most style and face.

well o well ~ started by listening 'Kokomo' ~ end up in blabbering a whole bunch of Tom Cruise ~ yes, he is not just handsome actor, but he can act very well.

Kim Jong Kook - Thank You (English Subbed)

Old Songs Come Back

recently, for two months or so, i hear in the radio old songs that i liked, come back again ~

First the song "Mencintaimu" -- this time i was surprised when i heard the intro of this song being played when Mulan Jameela performed,,  well, we know the familiar intro of "Mencintaimu" was played, i was thinking ooo, why her song has intro very similar like KD (Krisdayanti) song -- then, i just knew that it is Krisdayanti song being sang again by Mulan. Not very much different than the original song.

this song "Untukmu Selamanya" appears again after such long time. I used to love this song in its era, by Fatur and Nadila and now i can enjoy this song through RAN.  I like RAN and their songs, i think their songs is quite different than most of the general songs.

there is another song being brought again by Pasto. 'Salahkah Aku' It was one of the famous Ratu's song when Maia still with Mulan.  I like most of the first RATU song, too bad they are not together in music anymore.

MAMA award

MNet Asian Music Award as well-known as MAMA.

MAMA 2011 bring out the theme:  Music Makes One

this time is being held in Singapore,

and been aired live by 25 countries around the world

I'd never seen this MAMA award before,

i still can't see why it's being called Asian Music Award, while it's 85% Korean singers and group band, etc. 

It doesn't matter because i like K-pop too (to some extend mostly like the soundtracks, some of the K-pops).

Look at their confidence, holding a Korean based-language award outside the Korea (with the Korean artists as the MC, lots of K-group boy/girlbands)  but still Singapore was packed of people.. 

Watching them perform  ... i started to think how Korean now really starts to get the attention from the world, starting from Asian countries and also the European and Americans as well ...the way they dance, sing very much professional, energetic, dynamic, so alive full of energy  ... maybe a bit exaggeration, but watching them and J-lo performs have almost the same vibes and energy. 

Lee Byung Hun still very much charismatic although he is now already 40 something, i think ..

Introduced by some new K-artist i don't know before ... 

Here in Indonesia, Agnes Monica is one of the singer who every time she performs always so lively and energetic .

Breaking Dawn part 1

the first 10 minutes watching, i feel soo much uneasy, because all these teens going with me and watch this ... seriously can't breath and just wish the movie will end quickly ... i didn't know , didn't read, and partly ignorance too maybe, about what was this movie would be about ... well, i just thought it would be a continuity from the last part ...

so the first maybe 10 minutes or so, i couldn't enjoy the supposedly probably the most romantic part from other part ... (no wonder,,, i remember Julia kinda reminds me when i said my kids and their friends are watching , and i didn't quite connect to her saying).

anyway, i was glad the 'HONEYMOON' part was over and it continues to the 'real' story ... and no need to comment on the story or the casts, because all of those are just flowing well, especially with those three actor/tress , they are just great looking ...

from part to part since Twilight , I always love Carlisle character and the person who play his character.  For me, he is the closest perfect character with his full of wisdom, calm, and mature , also quite handsome too.

oh, one thing about this part : i especially love the setting of this honeymoon island, the Isle Esme  (somewhere near Rio, Brazil) ... there is actually island looking like that ... the ocean , the sky, the villa itself , a perfect combo --  the setting of the honeymoon room in the villa just lovely and special romantic ,,  Bella of course  not like usual, she looks just beautiful ,, and i usually don't like Edward because of his 'too-pale/too-whitesh' make up ..but at this island, i see that Edward Cullen look just perfect, his smile is gorgeous, his face not too white, his eye-shadow not too dark around the eyes,, i can say everything about Edward Cullen in this island JUST RIGHT ....  i even love the time when they just play chess, i see them very suited-perfectly at this Esme island ...

This is what i'm talking about .. perfect situation, perfect smile, even perfect shirt colors

another one of  perfect situation -
even the pillows, flower vase and arrangements looks perfect standing there-
looking at the couple - nice matching shirts

about the movie itself,  ,,,  well,,, how can i say this ,,, while millions of people must adorably love the Edward Cullen and Bella couple, I , on the other hand, feels much more towards Bella Swan and Jacob ...  ain't that a strange !!! but then again, i wonder too sometimes why i do that >>  while others like the good guy, out of blue, i can feel more toward the villain guy ...kind of weird... 

O, Darn !  I know now that i miss one part -- i think it was the New Eclipse (where was i when everybody including my kids watched this a while ago??)  --'missinglink.com' 

anyhow, i love the New Moon (??) when Edward Cullen left and it was the time for Jacob who give Bella love that she needs and accompany and protect her for quite sometimes.  Loving this moment forever.

Was totally crushed  to watch the part when Jacob came at the wedding reception  and said that  he want to enjoy your last moment as a human ... hiks hiks ... 

Actually this movie isn't bad for Jacob ... i enjoy how 'Jacob's part' is actually become the one of the important key in this movie. (rather subjective of my opinion maybe)

Some Parts that i remember when i have quite a good moment of Jacob and Bella:

1.

Jacob dance with Bella at the wedding ... the whole conversation ...siggh... i am on Jacob's side imagining how he must have felt at this time.

2.

The part where Jacob came rushing to the Cullen's house after he slightly heard that Bella get sick. ...  

3.

at Cullen's house, Bella is glad that Jacob came and sometimes after the conversation, Bella ask Jacob not leave yet.

4.

when Bella felt cold /shivering, Jacob was the one who give his 'warmth' to her , i was hoping he hug her (but then i probably ask too much considering her husband, Edward, is in the same room,,,ho ho ho) ... the fact that Jacob is werewolf is warm-blooded functions really good... >>> anyway, at this part when Jacob said ' I get it ' before he came closer to Bella ---> the whole audience were just giggling and laughing for a minute there.

5.

There are other parts that i think Jacob is being a very caring and loving to Bella and protecting her no matter what the consequences between him and the other werewolves.

6.

when Bella said .. the name of the baby if it's a boy "EJ - Edward Jacob" ---  this part also makes the whole audience were laughing at the cinema

Somehow , I get lost at the part when Edward said  'Jacob imprint her (Renesmee), and it is the rules of the werewolves' and the others have to obey ... so the werewolves started to leave the Cullen's house...  

 

From everything in this movie, 

i have to give two thumbs up for Bella's make up artist ...

how can they make Bella looking time to time getting skinnier,

ooo,, not just looking skinny, but she looks like 70 to 80 years older with the make up,

looking terrible as she can be,, looks like just the skin and the bones, 

totally scary looking for a woman.

and the difference with the very last part

when she is in the process of becoming vampire

her cheeks, her bones , her body starts to fill up again in its proper place.

Bella looks more beautiful than she ever be.

ckckck ... amazing trick.

 what not to love from him

he is handsome, good-looking, and his sexy athlete body
his appearance totally change start from New Moon
most difference : he put more muscle
Jacob Black in character
Taylor Lautner in real person

"Michael Buble Christmas" Album 2011

yeepee !  finally get a chance to grab this album yesterday when i went to MKG

The album has 2 cds ~ one cd is for the songs, and the 2nd cd is the dvd The Making of the Michael Buble Christmas.

I practically sleep on it yesterday night --

it's really a wonderful Christmas album ~ can't say which one is my favorite yet, because i love them all ~ love Michael's version of 'All I want for Christmas is you' ~ 'Ave Maria' Buble sing it in Latin ~ and of course my favorite Christmas song 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' ~ there is a new one 'Cold December Night ' this one i also love ~ and of course truly love the first track 'It's The Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas' very typical of Buble , the song is just Sway-ing like his regular songs ...

See,,, soo many i love, i can't pick which is my fave one or my fave two or three, hehehe

Haven't got a chance to watch the other cd which is the making of ...

still feel like listening the albums again ...

in the mood of 'soo much in love with Michael Buble'

i will probably still babbling and humming bout this album anyway ..

by the way, 

is it me or do i feel that this year some shopping malls start the Christmas spirit earlier and earlier every year.

Michael Buble and Josh Groban

Julia put this video in her blog .

this is her post about  her favorites "Duets"

Litterally Littery

I feel like putting it here.  This particular one about Michael Buble and Josh Groban is really fun and hilarious ... love both of them , they are really good ... wonder if they really have a "Duet" together ..

Sinetron

sinetron -- hhmm,,, pada awalnya ada beberapa sinetron yang quite okey untuk ditonton -- tapi lama kelamaan berubah jadi totally menyebalkan -- karena alur cerita jadi terasa banget dibuat-buatnya, dipanjang-panjangin, gak masuk diakal -- keliatan jadinya kalau penulis cerita kurang kreatif -- padahal awal-awal sinetron biasanya sangat menarik --  padahal kalau mereka buat sinetron indonesia seperti K-drama (korean drama) mestinya jadi bagus -- terbukti Hallyu (atau korean wave) masuk ke indonesia pertama itu dari org2 indonesia yang suka dan tergila2 dengan K-drama.  K-drama yg kategori bagus paling2 terpanjang sekitar 40-50 episodes, ada bbrp yg sampe 80 episodes tapi average sekitar 20 eps, 40 eps ... jadi enak ngikutin cerita drama , kalau gak terlalu panjang ... 

halnya dengan sinetron indonesia , contoh dulu "Cinta Fitri" pas session 1-3 masih ok-ok, tp begitu berkepanjangan gak jelas, bahkan sampe bertahun-tahun, weleh, ogah banget khan nontonya ...

Beberapa sinetron di akhir tahun lalu (akhir 2010) atau bahkan di tahun 2011 ini, contohnya "Putri yang Tertukar"  --  pertama sinetron ini bagus tapi lama kelamaan begitu ceritanya udah ribet gak keruan, langsung STOP nonton  --  Putri yang Tertukar :  Nikita Willy yang main jadi Amira dan pak Prabuwidjaya yang dimainin oleh Atalarik Syah cukup mempesona dari awal smp sekarang , tp karna ceritanya udah gak jelas yah males juga nontonnya ...bbrp hari lalu sempet 'tune in' lagi karna gak ada yg bagus yg bisa ditonton , tp krn ternyata cerita udah berubah 180 derajat n gak jelas sampe dimana   ... oh well, langsung change channel lagi ke lainnya ... tp personally aku masih suka banget sama Pak Prabuwidjaya, karakter yang tegas, berwibawa, tapi kadang2 lucu juga terutama kalau dia lagi marah  ... karakter Amira dan yang lain2nya jadi agak menyebalkan krn ceritanya dibuat demikian ...

Gak lama yang lalu, ada juga "Anugerah" yang main Nabila Syakieb ... yg ini justru terbalik, pertama2 ceritanya gak seru, bahkan gak sempet nonton sama sekali , krn setiap kali lewat channel ini, kok yang dibahas Nugie mulu -- apa gak ada karakter lain selain si anak Nugie yang ceritanya sakit kanker, dan punya ibu yang gak jelas sapa ibu kandungnya --  berubahnya jalan cerita "Anugerah" ini terutama di sekitar 2 bulan terakhir ini cukup buat sinetron ini seru, terutama setelah keluarnya tokoh villain cewek si Clara yang diperankan oleh Alexandra Guttardo .. personally i always like her looks, she always seem soo smart and sexy , so eventhough she plays villain character, i think her Clara character makes this sinetron becomes very interesting -- keliatannya klimaks udah lewat for me watching this sinetron, karena lagi2 dibuatlah aneh2 pula cerita ini -- how come tokoh Nabilla yang tadinya dipikir orang dan keluarga sudah dead, begitu jadi Sandra berubah menjadi character yang lebih menyenangkan (yg jelas lebih tegas, firm, kuat, dan gak mudah dihina orang), tapi begitu orang2 dan keluarga kembali tau bahwa dia itu Nabilla , berubahlah lagi dia menjadi sosok cewek yang lemah, gampang dihina, takut sama orang, dan bbrp sifat lemah lainnya ... geezz ... jadi gak suka  ---  plus lagi liat sosoknya si Bima, apakah dia satu2 nya orang yg paling tolol, dan paling lemot di sinetron ini, otherwise how come everybody else already knew something, he is always the last one to know, and when he knows the fact about something, he is also the person who always hesitate -- capek deh liat cowok kayak gini .

ada lagi 1 sinetron "Dewa" yang main the most favorite Dude Herlino and Naysilla Mirdad , sebetulnya sinetron ini kliatannya cukup menarik, dan tumben2nya si Naysilla Mirdad (Dewa) yang biasanya dibuat menjadi karakter cewek lemah, tak berdaya, dan selalu dirundung masalah, menjadi sosok yang lain dari biasanya, (hope it stays that way) -- tapi di sinetron ini ada juga yg namanya Diandra (gak familiar siapa yang main) , gak suka banget lah sama karakter cewek yang seperti ini, cewek yang baik, tapi kemana-mana selalu dirundung kesialan, dan juga selalu bawa sial  --- hadeuh, ampun deh, cewek ini kesialannya udah terlalu banget.

~~~ Pernah Berharap dan Masih Berharap Suatu Hari nanti Sinetron Indonesia bisa sebagus Korean Drama -- baik dari segi cerita, pemain, yah semuanya lah, termasuk ost korean drama yang sangat support banget ketenaran k-dramanya ~~~

Sunburn

I never recall getting sunburn before, but since 3 and half years ago there had been 3 times I experienced it:

1st TIME

more or less 3 years ago  ; my first pretty bad sunburn after swimming almost half day at the training session at HS Swimming Pool - somewhere @ Pondok Kopi.  << kalo dipikir lagi kenapa juga kita yg kerjanya di f&b, kitchen, marketing,  harus ikutan swimming test pula - it's not like we are the lifeguard,,,,,, later on i thought the swimming test was just for the fun part >>  Anyway, the Sunburn Not just on my face, but also my back and my thigh ... the thing with sunburn was that not just the reddish color that looks really ugly, but worse yet was the feeling of itch and harsh all over the burnt skin(pedih nya terasa banget di kulit, belum kadang juga gatel yang mana gak mungkin digaruk karena takut menimbulkan luka and infeksi ato sesuatu yang lebih parah lagi) ... that was the first sunburn i remembered that lasted for more than a week.

2nd TIME

Two days in a row playing in the water park, the first day in Ocean World was totally fine, i put on quite a lot of sunblock on my face, back and all other places that were not covered by swimming cloth, so the sun did not burn me... the next day, when we were in one of rented cabana in Caribbean Bay water park, after i put on the sunblock on my back and leg, when i  was going to put on my sunblock lotion on my face, i saw a sunblock that my boss used, and since i never see the kind of sunblock that is rolled on,.... hhmmm, i think this sunblock is cute ...  moreover i was thinking -- swimming in korea, so better use korean sunblock ,,, hehehe,, how i was soo silly back then ,,, so i couldn't help to ask my boss whether i may borrow and use his... so i put my sunblock aside and used that rolled on sunblock on my face ... pede lah bahwa this nice looking sunblock ini pastinya lebih bagus drpada yg dibawa dari jakarta ... baru realized after few hours going round and round, the weather was actually cool not hot, but the sun was definitely shining (terik istilahnya) , i just realized why my face felt hot , then my friend said my face was totally red ... ooo, darn, i got sunburn, good thing i realized it quick, so washed my face and put my regular sunblock ...

Half-dark red, but good thing it wasn't that bad ...  well, good lesson for me: i supposed my skin and korean type of skin are different, they don't need extra protection sunblock like i did ...

3rd TIME

Last Saturday ...  accompanying my son and daughter to go to a School Festival..  termasuk salah satu hari terpanas di bbrp minggu terakhir ini .. felt like there were 2 suns .. was extremely hot ... we were there exposed to the sun from 10 o'clock in the morning until 3 o'clock in the afternoon ... nice way to get sunburn ... this time i was totally forget my sunblock , i didn't think it was that hot and i didn't think that all area except the stage was not covered by tents .. ou ou ou ... jadilah sepulang dari sana, capek, dan stelah mandi, i realized got sunburn pretty bad ...  until now, two days after, my face still reddish although not as bad as sunday ...  thank's for the Phien Ce Wang's powder (recommended by my mom)  every some hours, i put on this powder, this powder give sensation of coolness in the face ... it helps a lot reduce the smearing hot feeling, also reduce the reddish color in the face ...

Feliz Navidad

from the 15 tracks on the Buble Christmas CD , this is very interesting version.

duet with Thalia (was she the one who used to play telenovela back then ??? hhmm, i'm not sure, but sure from the picture looks like her, but i don't know she is singer too)

anyway, this "Feliz Navidad" sounds very sexy - great duet combination from Thalia and Michael Buble .. 

Great ! now, i become more impatiently waiting for this cd showed up in one of the CD stores' rack -- hopefully it's available .

"Michael Buble Christmas" Album 2011

Definitely This is One of my Christmas Lists:

Yes ! Yes ! this looks like a very perfect Christmas gift for me ..

Michael Buble with his Christmas spirit wrapped under the Christmas tree,

soothing and sounds just right in the ear ...

Michael Buble's website

"it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" such a happy tune ...

"Velvet voice" borrowed from mr. David Foster 

well, it's certainly quite a distance from Christmas, it doesn't matter ... Christmas songs always put me in the perfect mood ...

and of course, probably my favorite Christmas song ever : "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

whatever versions there are in this world, love this song forever ...

this song "really tender and kind and filled with sentimentality" ....

couldn't disagree with you  ...  for Christmas, i want to be comfortable -- listen Christmas song that are usually played by our family.

listening to all this sneak preview,


just make me feel like *** HUGS ***

saving n banking

Recently this year, every time i have a banking trip (what i mean is not going to the atm machine but more like going to the bank) , it always urge me to .. rob the bank ... wkwkwk... not just kidding ,,, banking trip always motivates me to save more and more money.  It certainly a very positive impact considering me who likes to spend money all around ... both my parents already stamped me as being very wasteful and consumptive.

Anyway, i feel that every time i came back from the bank , afterward, i always think and find a way  'what can i do so i can have more saving' ...  and it does change my behavior of spending money as well .. when it comes to spend money on some thing that's not in the regular list, i always put more thought to the importance of spending ... if it's not too important, i just rather save and put money in the bank, so i can get more and more benefit from it rather than having a-spur-of -the-moment happiness/satisfaction and end up spending my money for something that not really valuable... 

It started from sometimes getting a call from one of the bank where i save at, first time i usually ignored this kind of call, because for me, getting a call from the bank it sounded almost the same like getting a call from credit card offering either cash money from credit card (kta) or some kind of loan on phone, yeap that kind of phone where i usually just let the telemarketing talk without really listening to what they say and at the end , i usualy say 'maaf, belum ada keperluan untuk uang tunai sekarng, kecuali kalo boleh dapet pinjeman tanpa harus bayar bunga sedikitpun,,, hehehe ... of course, this kind of offer will not existed... "

then i realized, that the calls from the bank is actually offering different kinds of programs, and just say at once i came to the bank and met with the cust service and tried one of the program that they have talked about in the phone ...  

With the competitive edge of banking now a days, now i become more aware of which bank have better and suitable product for me, working with the budget that i have.... One bank always give additional bonus of shopping voucher at the end of the month,,, one bank gives you higher interest rate than the regular saving account's interest rate ... in one bank, i can collects points and points where it can be exchange with gifts or another shopping vouchers ... another gives me quite a valuable gift at the beginning when i put the money in it .... so all and all , each bank have different program with differentiation that i can choose .......  

So, actually when i started to pay more detail attention to this thing, it becomes saving becomes very attractive ...   well oh well, where have i been lately, i put money without thinking or getting any kinds of additional benefit ???? ... what a lost, what a waste !!! .... the key is only tidbits of Attention and Care of what we have !!!  oooo, me,, oooo, me ...

as result of paying little more attention,  this year i started to get benefits from just the regular saving and saving with very low interest ..  one of my favorites is the Shopping Vouchers (either from hypermart, carrefour, giant, sodexo, and some other shopping vouchers) ... once again the key is more paying attention in checking your points with your customer service of the bank regularly .. good to check your points once a month , because other than your regular low interest of 2.5% interest a year (yakkkss ! how low that is) ... then you get another benefit of some rupiahs of shopping voucher or sometimes somekinds of gifts ... not bad , i think, let's say, monthly you get either 100rb rupiah of voucher ..that's definitely bad at all. 

realize it now, you don't need to have lots of money to get more benefit, just pay more attention and choose from soo many banks available in here, which bank suitable for your regular operational account, which bank suitable for your short term saving or medium term saving, or if you have more money , 

like Lidwina Harnanto said  "to be able to invest doesn't need to wait until you have lots of money, in any income, you can start your investment.. investment start as low as rp 100rb a month, simply by saving your monthly starbuck budget and put it in the investment." -- sounds simple, ain't it  ~ but needs lots of effort and willingness to be able to discipline yourself into doing it.

Happy Saving , friends

if Tomorrow never Comes

After about a week be able to ease my mind,

be able to sleep and close my eyes without thought or glanced of him first

this very morning on my way to office,

i heard this song was played on the radio, was it bravaradio or kissfm?

while listening, didn't realize that one or two tears dropped from my eyes,

some years ago i remember posting in this blog about memory song,

and i remember putting down this song

'If tomorrow Never Comes by Ronan Keating' as one of my memory song with this friend

now, i remember that every time i ride in his car, 

that was the song that was played over and over again in his tape player..

he made me like country song for a change,

there was this album by Alan Jackson (country singer)

that was also favorite album of him ... my fave song from that album is 'Living on Love'

  how i still hope you just go to other part of this earth temporarily 

and would come back again someday ...

lots of "i still hope"  about him Lingering in my mind ... 

but he definitely won't return ...
I know and understand this is not good to do, but still doing it ...

we promised to meet sometimes after the lebaran season is over,

but haven't find the time yet (i seriously feel like singing  If I can Turn Back Time now) ...

how unfortunate his favorite song back then, become real now .. 

Tomorrow Never Comes for him again ...

"Sometimes late at night -- I lie awake and watch her sleeping - --- - - -"

Some Insanity

Any interest to see what you were in the previous life

or

just want to know how is your brain structured

or

curious of your life graph

....

then may try this from the facebook applications: 

http://apps.facebook.com/urpreviouslife/

and voila,  my result of this whole absurdity:

i never would guess that my previous life is Spaghetti

have pretty much good Intelligence and Wealth 

(which what i need now too ~ hungry for wealth ~ wkwkwk)

quite amazed me - have almost down to zero Honor, very little Love

(and i thought by being spaghetti, we have more part of love because it is loved by many)

and almost to the full lines of craziness

(not too weird, since i am doing this kind of apps, must be crazy, hohoho)

let's examine my Brain Structure for Today:

 another weirdo apps where the whole brain structure only composed of:

Hungry, Relationship, and Boring..
Hungry is all over the place

thank goodness, there is still Friendship in my mind

well...

the Boring part maybe right

(i figure since i am doing it so it makes sense that Boring is dominant)

...

so i supposed to be somewhat an workaholic ...

but none of it stated in the brain,

...

wonder if i do it in the daytime would the structure be different  ???

curious..
i saw my friends result and there supposed to be lots more component like:
Facebook,
Study,
Sleeping,
etc, etc.

Uang Parkir

tukang parkir di ruko tadi malem cukup membuat kaget,

pertama waktu aku julurin tangan ngasih duit,

dia seolah ga siap untuk nerima,

dan waktu aku kasih dia uang Rp 2000 dikembaliin pula Rp 1000 sama dia,

setelah uang dua ribu perak itu aku kasih ke dia,

karena dia manggil 'bu,,bu,, tunggu bentar,,'

kirain ntah bayar kurang ato kenapa..

ternyata dia nyariin kembalian seribu rupiah .. 

and very politely dia blg terimakasih and hati2.

while i am amazed and touched, startled and ga sempet bilang apa2 selain trimakasih jg

i could have said keep the change, but i just startled ...

termasuk sering parkir di ruko itu,

tp seringkali kalo memang aku kasih Rp 2000 karena simply ga ada receh seribu, ga pernah juga yang namanya ada kembalian.  When that happens, ikhlas2 aja ga dikembaliin, lagi pula di tempat2 lain parkiran seribu jg sudah rada jarang .,, the two thousands rupiah for me may not mean a whole lot, but for them i figure it has more value...

a great attitude may belong to anyone without looking at one's title, position, wealth, etc.

some with great title, great position, great wealth, great education may not have a great attitude either .. 

Attitude is a Choice

Kim Jong Kook & Mikey One Man + Reminiscence + Goodbye Yesterday + Twist...

find this from the automatic turn on 'kim jong kook's video' that i set up in my blogspot. and this one is the one i've never seen before ...

kim jong kook and his very typical 'high-pitched' voice, most of them are really nice songs... kinda wish that i am able to see jong kook singing live somewhere ... listen, watch his performance not too mention starring at his very soothing smile ... funny looking dance of him

testing 123

test test
doing it from my mobile
wonder if it turns out ok

My Memory ~ First time ~

Most people call me by 'Reb', 'Beck', 'Becca', 'Becky', or even full words 'Rebecca' ... this friend call me just "Ka" so differently than the others.

Ka, ayo lah beli handphone , yang second aja , yang penting supaya gampang gw hubungin loe kalau ada yg penting2, gw anter ya beli handphone >>> 

there you go a Memory with him ~ my first Mobile Phone  and also the same number i use until now from already more than 10 years already.

Ka, loe mesti fitness ya supaya sehat, ayok lah sekalian temenin gw fitness, males fitness kalo sendirian, yg deket2 sini aja   >>>  

so there you go another Memory with him ~ My First Fitness experience together ~ it last  for one or two years or so (i forget) @ Atlantic, not bad that i can hold doing exercise for that long  ~ even though i already move to different place, we still meet in the fitness, then we all got busy with our lives, we quit the fitness  .... 

Ka, pernah karaoke gak, si a, b dan c ngajakin karaoke, ikutan khan. 

I remember we went to Sheraton Media Hotel at the time. I hesitated , then again as usual i just tag along  >>>Memory,  he introduced me to have fun doing karaoke. ~ Another first time 




A year or two years after i moved job to that company, he also moved job at the same company, but he got placed at one store, and i was in different location, before he got accepted to other chain of retail and moved there until the his last moment.

'he sometimes still brag about you in the weekly morning briefing'  
some friends said -- after i moved from there.

Last long contact with him is when i have a difficult problem almost a year ago, it was so happened that out of the blue i received a text message from him, so then i burst my problem to him. Come to think of it , he was the First Person  i told about that problem to people outside family.

he is the kind of person who still like to keep in touch, either just monthly sms or call.

Some Memory i had with him,

i never realize i have lots of 'first time moment' until i decided to write it down,
> me with gazing wet eyes <

Just a thought : it means that in the future time,

i won't get an update of him.

And Today i truly miss this friend. 

So Long, Good Bye
Please make sure You Are Happy Up There in the Sky !!!

Resting Forever

from earth to earth ~ from ash to ash ~ from dust to dust 

The Lord God bless them and keep them, 

the Lord make their face to shine upon them

 and be gracious unto them and give them peace. 

Amen.

just in the 2 weeks time, 3 persons have died .... 2 of them are my friends, 1 is my daughter's friend's sister ....

Rest in Peace for these 3 persons ... all of them have died because of cancer ... that disease is a killer, indeed ... 1 of my aunt also died of cancer ... hopefully in their last moment of their time, they don't have to suffer of their sickness too much ...

She enjoys writing ~ she is smart, i am not sure her exact age, but she still pretty young, maybe 40 something ~ actually because of our hobby in writing we work together for Delon's magazine back then, some 5 years ago maybe ~ i remember when we had meeting after office hours for several times, especially whenever it's almost the dateline for the magazine to be printed ~ she is the person who is firm in principal ~ i love to read her writing ~ Some Good Memory with her ~ unfortunately I couldn't make it to her last visit , since it was in Bogor, where she lives ~ night time and I drive alone to Bogor so I was kinda afraid if there is something happen on the way I go there and back home, so I decided not to go ~ Rest in Peace, dear friend

Another friend is a friend and also was my manager from my previous work, more than ten years ago  ~ he is still quite young either, only 43 , two years apart from my age ~ when i heard and know how he died of lung cancer ~ was very much shocking news ~ in my knowledge, he never smoke, has healthy live, eat healthy food, do fitness regularly ~ friend said that he moan that he can't breath, and short-breath (sesak nafas) so his family bring him to the hospital ~ he is already in lung cancer stadium 4 ~ OMG , isn't that scary, cancer stadium 4 without a signal previously ~ then he was in hospital for almost 2 weeks and that is it ~ Rest in Peace, my dear & beloved friend

My daughter's friend sister also dies very young of cancer . My daughter was truly shock for some days when she got the news, i think that's a first time she has some one she know dies ..  Rest in Peace, dear friend.

Rest in Peace my dear friends ~ I am sure you are in happier place now, place without sickness and pain ~ as I never go there, but people define HEAVEN as a place where there is Never Ending Happiness ~ sounds like Great Place to Be ~ and I hope all of them are there.

God, will You hold me in Your Arms again

• Brian Kim tweet this yesterday, i read it in the morning in the office, (his tweets below)
  made me stop my work for a while, seriously touched reading it -- almost goosebump ,,, this guy once again amazed me through his words, his songs.  Brian Kim, one of a kind! 
  if i were not in the office, my eyes would probably be gazing already ... at his statement 
  
  
  "I became addicted to His Love ... And He placed dreams into my heart. I began to dream for the first time in my life.........  God, will You hold me in Your Arms again tonite?"
  
  
  Brian Kim has just finished his Malaysia tour for maybe one or two full weeks around Malaysia, seem from his fb and tweeter  he was enjoying his worship malaysian tour ...
  
  
  Just a thought, if he would ever showed up here, i would definitely go there at once ... hopefully there will be a chance, or if a church invite him and the other Korean gospel team .. it sounds nice ..
  
  this is the link for  : Brian Kim's tweeter
  
  
  
  

  When I first fell in love with Jesus, I could feel His love for me. It was the first time I experienced such a thing. I clearly & warmly felt His embrace. 'Oh! Even though I rejected and avoided God... He's hugging me now!! - I was amazed. It didn't make sense.
  
  Although the world around me judges me and does not love me 100%, God is different... He loves 100%.
  
  I began to learn of His love. And so I wept and wept for three continuous days. All my scars and pains... All the stress and pressures that burdened me due to college preparations and applications.
  
  All the worries and weaknesses due to failing people and their expectations.... Years and years of never receiving unconditional love ... me... me... I knelt before God weeping with all burdens, struggles, failures, sins wiped away... at peace.
  
  God, You embrace me and cover me with love. My Father. My Savior. My Friend. My God. Jesus...
  
  At that moment, I started to love Jesus for the first time. I became addicted to His love. There was nothing better...
  
  Because I realized such a love, I began to change day by day...
  And He placed dreams into my heart. I began to dream for the first time in my life.
  
  My facial expression, my life, the path I would walk.. Everything changed. Whenever I read the Bible, pray, praise... I remember His warm embrace.
  
  Tears fall down... Because I'm blessed...because I am a son who's loved...
  Because my God is living.
  
  God... Will you hold me in Your arms again today?

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'i hate slow'

yup, that's the slogan that makes me want to switch and buy smartfren now...
lately, the connection has been very very slow,
like yesterday when i have the time to blog,
then the connection didn't support,
not along playing games, it certainly take ages to do the game loading...unbelievable!!!

slow connection really waste your time,

takes more than 5 min to open one link completely,

don't have the patience to wait

today is little better than previous days
at least i can open my blog and listen to the Dream High song without buffering too long

but .... if i buy anotherone, is another waste ..
my wellcomm already used with the telkomsel flash.

wonder if their tagline advertisement really true
not just for now, but later later on in the near future

LinGeRing LyRic

this song is really lingering on my mind since the SnowBay Concert 23 Sept last Friday.  

Have to admit KOTAK is really great, the way she interacts with the audience ... 

Two thumbs up for them.
staff2ku pada bilang:  Concert kali ini paling Happening banget ya, bu!
Yes, I completely Agree !!!

lepaskanlah ikatanmu

dengan aku

biar kamu senang

bila berat melupakan akuuuuu

PELAN PELAN SAJA

so far for this song, don't know the other lyrics of this ... but my mind still vividly see how she sang that night.

Brian Kim

I wrote about Brian Kim last valentine where he told his unique inspiring story of how he find  his love and become married with his wife now...  My Old post bout Brian Kim ...  Type of person who i am amazed and fond of.  First i like him because he is a God worshiper (gospel singer, my boss term) then i was pretty touched of his valentine story. (i am soo easily touched).  And not just because of that, but lately I am quite amazed and impressed of his care to people, even though it's only small things he does.  Every time i tweet him something, either it's just a greeting, a birthday wish, a question, or just a comment, he always never fails to reply back to me (and others as well , of course) as soon as possible.  Small things looks like it's not important, but it gives special touch of 'attention'.  Praying that Brian Kim's career keeps Rising and his happiness with wife and family as well as he keeps his service to God, and always stay to worship Him everywhere he goes.  God bless.

EquiLibRium

what kind of world we live in if whenever we have 'FEELINGS' we would be called a trader, or rebellion.  Not just that, but it is also put in punishment, either burn to death, or shot directly in the place.  Living in the world of No Feeling, meaning No Thinking, No Liking , No Disliking, No Term of Friends,  how is that???  

FEELING IS FORBIDDEN

Any form of feelings, emotions thought, even little expression, not to mention to other human being,  one cannot even have expression or feelings to animals like dog.  Such action is condemned... Scary isn't it.

Hope our world would never be like that.

Pretty weird story line, starred by Christian Bale, it's probably an old movie considering it is already played in the regular local tv channel. EQUILIBRIUM ~~~ that's the title of the movie.   The scenes, the costumes of this guy called priest John Preston, reminds me somewhat like the Matrix by Keanu Reeves. Good things, it's considerably good ending.

It makes me feel very grateful of living in this world, at least it's still LEGAL to have FEELINGS and EMOTIONS, and we are not GOING TO BE PUNISHED OR SENTENCE TO DEATH for thinking or having Feelings.

kEEP EMOTION and FEELing  aLiVE  FoREvER

City Water

seems fresh and quenching

the city water alias PAM smell too strong of chlorine these past few days, even in SnowBay where water everywhere, the water doesn't smell at all, the facility crew always make sure we use the proper and the right amount of any chemical in all the pool.  Not just that, we bring it to the lab every two weeks, testing the water always in the right PH.

simply not funny when we wash our hairs, the hairs smells like chlorine, or when we baths, our body doesn't smell as nice as the soap, but smell more chlorine,  isn't it

It makes me wonder how they do the water treatment in this city,,, Is there the SOP (Standard of Procedure) in their process, or there is the SOP but the staffs not doing their work accordingly, do they understand and realize the important and vital our water is ...  sometimes the water looks clear and good, sometimes just looks cloudy .. I used a simple filtering for my bath tap by putting some aquarium filter sponge before going to the bathtub, and amazingly in a week or sometimes even less, the filter just looks black color, so long for clean clear water.

sometimes ago when my aunt's husband work still worked as one of the chemists at the Singapore government in the Pub,,he explained what they do with their water treatment in singapore,  i had pretty much a basic general things how they managed their water from its resources to being distributed to all the pipes at singaporean's homes, plus their water is safely consumed from the tap, just like in the States and some European countries..

we'll see whether we will reach the point where we can directly consumed the water from the tap?

Dreaming Lyrics translation

Now a days, whenever i like a Korean song, 

i always try to look out for its english translation,

i want to make sure that the song i continuously sing or listen have positive good meanings,

because i heard it from someone that songs you listen can affect your mood or in the long term it can affect your life ... i don't know if it's true or not, but it doesn't hurt to find out the meaning of the songs anyways, rite.

 

English translation taken from HURULAINI.NET WEBSITE 

 

Posted by HurulAini on March 6, 2011. Uncategorized - 7 Comments

Dreaming – Kim Soo Hyun

I was looking at my dream
that is being deemed far away
and I was standing blankly
i don’t have
anything left any more
I thought about giving up everything but..
I am standing up again
Even today, step by step
I step forward carefully
My heart is full of fear,
but it’s an excitement I’m embracing
I am staggering and shaking
But, I step forward towards
the dream that I am going to meet some day
As I’m thinking if it is going end like this,
a fear constantly comes,
I’m hesitating but…
Deep inside my heart
there’s an unstoppable beating
that drags me forward
Even today, step by step
I step forward carefully
My heart is full of fear,
but it’s an excitement I’m embracing
I am staggering and shaking
But, I step forward towards
the dream that I am going to meet some day
Even today, step by step
I step forward carefully
My heart is full of fear,
but it’s an excitement I’m embracing
I am staggering and shaking
But, I step forward towards
the dream that I am going to meet some day
towards the dream that I am going to meet some day

Is there Friends @ WorkS ???

at this late at night, after finish the phone conversation

although it's not concerning me ,obviously nothing i would want to get involved too much, much rather being listener and comment as necessary.

things like this always makes me wonder,
either Yesterday, Today, or Tomorrow
things like this always happen in the absolute crazy working world,
i come into a conclusion

Is there really such thing called "true friends" in the working world ???

just take it from what i had experienced from various situations either in the past or now,
that friends who works with you is just like in the political world,
sometimes they can be your friends when they have something on you,
or they can make fun of you, laugh of you when you do something stupid or when you make mistake in your works,
some even stab you from the back, or worse they even stab you from the front ...

in short they can be your friends as quick and as easy as they can be your enemies.

The Working world is truly not something you can count on to make friends,
because we never know what would happen next,

I also don't blame why people would change so fast,
it's probably the same thing with me,

I am trying to think who's to blame ....

the very dynamic working world that makes people have to adjust quicker,

other wise the slower ones got killed ?

our super high ambition ?

our selfishness ?

it's all wrapped up in the 6 SINS out of THE 7 SINS which stays in every human being, isn't it ?

WRATH, GREED, SLOTH, PRIDE, ENVY, LUST

except Gluttony

pictures by BLACKERI DEVIANT ART (from mr. google)

XL commercial adv

life is stressful enough that recently i like to pay more attention to something funny rather than watching or listening to sad things... cape lah ya nonton tv cuma liat musibah, sad or cruel sinetron, denger lagu2 yg sedih, duh nambah stress, hehe..

ever watched this from Mobile Provider XL??

"temen-temen kamu artis semua"

"iya, keluargaku khan kaya 7 turunan"

"lho, kok kamu ngemis"

"aku keturunan kedelapan"

funny, never heard somebody said something like this before ...

i wonder where they get their creative mind, most of the times i am amused by creative adv.

although come to think of it,  watching this several times and i  don't remember exactly where they connect their brand to the lines, i just remember the jokes... not good, isn't it ... 

a good advertisement has to be able to grasp the audiences attention to the brand being advertised ...

Meaning DREAM HIGH OST ~ Taecyeon, Suzy Miss A, IU & Joo

 

I like Songs like this, 

have very good positive meaning on the Lyrics,

Translation taken from http://kodakloverzindo.wordpress.com, 

credits :  pelangidrama

shared by liriklagulagukorea.wordpress.com

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I Dream High,

I dream, when its hard

I close my eyes

While I imagine that moment

I get up

I shake at the end of fear

Afraid of falling

Like a baby bird who cant fly up

can I do it,

Will my dream come true

One by one my walking goes

When I get afraid

I Dream High, I dream,

When I’m tired I close my eyes

I keep imagining that dream

While I get up

I can fly high, I believe that

I can go up in that sky
Open my wings

Fly freely up more then anyone

I need courage

That will stand the fallen me
I dust the dust, Courage that will stand me

And jump once a again

Believe in myself once more,

Believe in my faith
Bet everything, and im going to jump

A wall taller then me

I dream high, i dream,

When im tired i close my eyes
Imagining that my dream

Will come true while i (again) get up

I can fly high, i believe that

I can go up in that sky
Open my wings and (i’m) going to fly

More freely than anyone has

Dream high

A chance to fly high
Bye bye to the hurts
Fly high like the stars in the sky
Open your dreams

Time for you to shine
Starting Now

Gotta make em mine
Dont be afraid of the future

In you hands

Walk in confidence now
You can’t stop

Destiny now

Whole new fantasy is open

In front of your eyes
So hold my hand now
Our stop is the same now,

Dont give up on your dreams
When your young dream high everyone

I dream high, i dream,

When I'm tired i close my eyes
Imagine the dream coming true

While getting up

I can fly high, i believe that

I can go up in that sky
Open my wings and fly high

freely then anyone else